Since the beginning of the pandemic, few papers describe the placenta’s morphological and morphometrical features in SARS-CoV-2–positive pregnant women. Alterations, such as low placental weight, accelerated villous maturation, decidual vasculopathy, infarcts, thrombosis of fetal placental vessels, and chronic histiocytic intervillositis (CHI), have been described.ObjectiveTo analyze clinical data and the placental morphological and morphometric changes of pregnant women infected with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 group) in comparison with the placentas of non-infected pregnant women, matched for maternal age and comorbidities, besides gestational age of delivery (Control group).MethodThe patients in the COVID-19 and the Control group were matched for maternal age, gestational age, and comorbidities. The morphological analysis of placentas was performed using Amsterdam Placental Workshop Group Consensus Statement. The quantitative morphometric evaluation included perimeter diameter and number of tertiary villi, number of sprouts and knots, evaluation of deposition of villous fibrin, and deposition of intra-villous collagen I and III by Sirius Red. Additionally, Hofbauer cells (HC) were counted within villi by immunohistochemistry with CD68 marker.ResultsCompared to controls, symptomatic women in the COVID-19 group were more likely to have at least one comorbidity, to evolve to preterm labor and infant death, and to have positive SARS-CoV-2 RNA testing in their concepts. Compared to controls, placentas in the COVID-19 group were more likely to show features of maternal and fetal vascular malperfusion. In the COVID-19 group, placentas of symptomatic women were more likely to show CHI. No significant results were found after morphometric analysis.ConclusionPregnant women with symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, particularly with the severe course, are more likely to exhibit an adverse fetal outcome, with slightly more frequent histopathologic findings of maternal and fetal vascular malperfusion, and CHI. The morphometric changes found in the placentas of the COVID-19 group do not seem to be different from those observed in the Control group, as far as maternal age, gestational age, and comorbidities are paired. Only the deposition of villous fibrin could be more accentuated in the COVID-19 group (p = 0.08 borderline). The number of HC/villous evaluated with CD68 immunohistochemistry did not show a difference between both groups.

Objectives This study aims to detect the SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence in asymptomatic pregnant women. Methods A group of 195 asymptomatic pregnant women who attended the prenatal care outclinic and to the obstetric emergency department was tested concomitantly for SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR and serological tests. Results The virus was detected by RT-PCR in two (1.02%) cases and 17 (8.71%) patients had antibodies detected by immunochromatographic tests. Conclusions Due to the high risk of this emerging infection in the health of pregnant women, fetuses and newborns, we suggest the universal screening of all pregnant women admitted to hospital through the combined method RT-PCR and serological.

The aim of the present study was to analyze the intentions and knowledge of mothers in the postpartum period regarding the feeding habits and oral health of their children. A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 286 mothers at a teaching hospital in Southern Brazil. The variables of interest were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire. Knowledge scores were analyzed numerically and dichotomized as adequate (score: >5) or poor (score: ≤5). Bivariate and multivariate Poisson regression analyses were performed and score ratios (SR) with respective confidence intervals (CI) were calculated. Most respondents were less than 25 years of age (55.6%), first-time mothers (56.4%) and demonstrated positive intentions regarding the majority of the aspects addressed. However, 65.4% of the sample demonstrated poor knowledge. Younger mothers, those with a lower income, those with less schooling, first-timers and those who reported intending to use sugar demonstrated less knowledge. Gathering information from the internet was associated with higher knowledge. The multivariate model revealed significant associations with having a university education (SR=1.23; CI: 1.12 to 1.35), having a high school education (SR=1.10; CI: 1.03 to 1.19), gathering information from the internet (SR=1.18; CI: 1.07 to 1.30), having given birth more than once (SR=1.13; CI: 1.06 to 1.21) and intending not to use sugar (SR=1.14; CI: 1.03 to 1.26). Schooling, number of child births, means of information and the use of sugar were independently associated with the knowledge score. There is a need to provide oral health education for women during the postpartum period in order to benefit oral health for both the mother and the baby.

Objetivo: O estudo busca caracterizar o perfil clínico epidemiológico referente às pacientes tratadas por carcinoma lobular invasor de mama (CLI) no Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal do Paraná (HC-UFPR) em um período de dez anos e avaliar as variações das dimensões dos CLI nos exames de imagem quando comparadas ao real tamanho das lesões identificadas nas peças de anatomia patológica. Métodos: Foram selecionadas pacientes submetidas a procedimentos cirúrgicos de mama no HC-UFPR entre os anos de 2005 e 2014, dentre as quais 36 apresentaram diagnóstico de CLI. Seus prontuários foram analisados para avaliação de características clínicas, epidemiológicas, terapêuticas e prognósticas. Também foi avaliada a discrepância dos valores de tamanho do tumor em métodos de imagem em relação ao descrito nos laudos anatomopatológicos. Resultados: As pacientes com diagnóstico de CLI tinham média de idade no diagnóstico de 59,6 anos. O diagnóstico foi feito, em sua maioria, nos estádios clínicos II (40%) e III (26,7%). Houve maior negatividade (77,2%) para HER2 e positividade (90%) para receptor de estrógeno. O tratamento cirúrgico foi radical em 74,2% das pacientes. Em exames de imagem, 31,4% das pacientes realizaram mamografia e ultrassonografia em conjunto, 45,7% fizeram apenas um dos exames e nenhuma realizou ressonância magnética. Conclusão: Observou-se que a casuística de patologias mamárias do HC-UFPR está de acordo com a literatura em relação à incidência e às características próprias dos CLI. A análise da discrepância dos tamanhos dos tumores em exames de imagem em relação às peças cirúrgicas não obteve resultados significativos estatisticamente.